Liz Bell Parent Sallie Bernard Parent, Co-founder and Executive Director, SafeMinds; Co-founder and Board Chair, Extreme Sports Camp; Board member, Autism Speaks Jaime Douglas Director of Employment Services, Eden Family Services Peter Gerhardt President and Chair, Scientific Council, Organization for Autism Research (OAR); Chairperson of the Autism Speaks Young Adult/Adult Services Subcommittee Ann Gibbons Executive Director, National Capital-Washington DC, Autism Speaks Jonathan Kaufman President, Disability Works Leslie Long Director of Public Policy and Systems Advocacy, Autism New Jersey; Chairperson of the Autism Speaks Work Group Denise Resnik Parent, Co-Founder and Board Chairman, Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC) Susan Senator Parent, Author – Making Peace with Autism Michelle Smigel Parent A special thanks to those who helped to share the stories featured here: Deborah Chin, UM-NSU CARD Natalee George, UM-NSU CARD Kathy Mannion, Nassau Suffolk Services for Autism Joseph Nacario, Jay Nolan Community Services Mary Lynn Pegg Jason Watson, Nassau Suffolk Services for Autism